The Attorney General's Office Will Confront The Origin Of The Rp27 Billion Money Handed Over By Lawyer Iwan Hermawan

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana. BETWEEN ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty.

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office (Jampidsus) conducted a confrontational examination of a number of parties related to the deepening of Rp27 billion which was handed over by lawyer Irwan Hermawan some time ago.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapusenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said that the confrontational examination of these parties was carried out on Friday (18/8).

"On Friday, we will conduct an examination related to the status of Rp27 billion. Investigators have sent summons to the parties being questioned, there are six people in number," Sumedana said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 15.

He mentioned the six people who would be summoned to provide the information, namely Irwan Hermawan, Anang, Andika, Dasril, Maqdir and Rosi.

The former Deputy Head of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office confirmed that the summons of the parties was to be examined in a confrontational manner in order to complete the status of the Rp27 billion which was handed over by Irwan Hermawan through his attorney Madqir Ismail on July 13.

Jampidsus investigators have not yet determined the status of the US$1.8 million (Rp27 billion) money, whether as personal money used to return state losses or money that has nothing to do with the corruption case of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics' 4G base transceiver station (BTS) construction project.

"We are conducting a confrontation to determine the status of the Rp27 billion money," said Ketut.

Previously, Maqdir Ismail, after the examination and handover of US$1.8 million (Rp27 billion) on Thursday (13/8), said the money was for the benefit of his client, Irwan Hermawan.

The senior lawyer said that there was someone who he did not name him with good intentions to help his client in returning the money he had received in the 4G Kominfo BTS project.

His client, said Maqdir, was stated in the indictment of receiving Rp119 billion. And the US$1.8 million was handed over in order to return the Rp119 billion that his client received.

According to Maqdir, his client has twice handed over the refund to the Attorney General's Office, the first of which is Rp. 8 billion and today is Rp. 27 billion.

"Because Irwan was charged with receiving a sum of money, namely Rp. 119 billion, while what we have submitted has only been Rp. 8 billion plus Rp. 27 billion. So we hope this will reduce Irwan's burden. So if there are friends who want to donate to Irwan, we will accept it and hand it over to the AGO," said Maqdir.